Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the persecuted in other countries.
Human rights are...the quintessential values through which we affirm together that we are a single human community.
There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
A man’s value depends upon his courage and resolution, his veracity depends upon his traits of nobility and self respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honour.
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with the heart.
When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.
